WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The Tribe Athletics experience is about combining elite
academics with top-notch Division I sports, and often the result is the
exceptional student-athletes succeeding at high levels both on the playing field and in the classroom. The
William and Mary men's tennis team is no different, ranking among the top programs in
the country with the recent release of the ITA All-Academic Awards. The Tribe
earned an ITA All-Academic Team award for the second time in three years and was
one of just 13 teams nationally with seven players selected as ITA
Scholar-Athletes.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open
to any ITA program with a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above
(on a 4.00 scale). In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, a player must
meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade
point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year,
and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters
(including freshman thorough senior year).

Head coach Peter Daub's team produced a cumulative GPA of
nearly 3.7 for the spring semester, far outreaching the 3.2 required GPA, to
earn the ITA All-Academic Team honor. The Tribe was one of 78 teams nationally
to earn the team accolades and was one of just three CAA programs as well as
one of just four from the State of Virginia in 2011-12 to receive the
distinction. Only three teams (Cornell, Yale and Fairleigh Dickinson) produced
more ITA Scholar-Athlete honorees than the Tribe's seven. In total, eight of the
Tribe's 10 players produced a GPA of better than 3.2 for the 2012 spring semester.

Juniors Anton Andersson and Adrian
Vodislav as well as sophomore John Banks led the way for the Tribe as each
earned their second ITA Scholar-Athlete honor and produced GPAs of better than
3.8 during the spring. Graduate student Robert Pietrucha, senior Ilja Orre, sophomore Ben Guthrie
and freshman Will Juggins also earned Scholar-Athlete accolades. The seven ITA
Scholar-Athlete honorees are a single-season program best and bring the program's
total to 20.